Recipes

Enjoy this comfort food classic, Chicken and Dumplings, loaded with homemade herbed dumplings.

One of my favorite cooking times of the year is the summer-to-fall crossover that occurs every September. Summer favorites, like tomatoes, peppers, peaches, and berries, …

Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomato Paste preserves the complex, sweet-tart richness of summer’s best cherry tomatoes, and concentrates it into a gourmet, homemade tomato paste that you …

August and September are my favorite food months. My vegetable gardens are usually full and lush, with all of my favorite summer vegetables and pantry …

Let me put this right out there: I love the galette. Especially savory ones. …

Back when SoupAddict was a kid (and thought Campbell’s Vegetable Soup with a little vinegar was the cat’s meow, as far as soup was concerned), …

This summer, more than any other, has been one for fast and fresh salads — something that can be pulled together with minimum fuss, but …

My childhood home was located in a sort of shallow geographical bowl, where the neighborhood streets circled up and out from ours — a twisty …

Strawberries are here! I’ve been plucking strawberries off of my new strawberry tower, one at a time — I can’t resist them long enough to …

The cookbook lover in me has been more than thrilled at the selections coming out of publishing lately. Truly unique and useful tomes by cooking …

I admit it: I stalked skeptically around the concept of this West African peanut soup for several weeks before finally taking a deep breath and …

At last, the days are lengthening, and I no longer feel the need to curl up on the couch, wrapped in a blanket and clutching …

Like clockwork, every March brings the craving for bread. And not just any ole bread, but soda bread: a hearty peasant loaf perfected in all …

I’m not a trendy-trend kind of girl, which you’ve probably noticed if you’ve followed this blog at all — I’m always horribly out of foodie …

When doing my all-too-infrequent freezer clean-out last month, I came across a bag of little chocolate nuggets that made me pause, searching my memory for …

This has been a lentil kind of winter so far. I’m completely in love with the little bright red lentil — it goes in everything: …

2013, I’ve resolved, will be the year of simple cooking. Adventure cooking can be playful and enjoyable, and I’ve learned more from bold experimentation than …

A unique but lovely twist on classic deviled eggs, the stuffed egg halves are lightly pan fried to concentrate the flavors of the amazing filling. …